Yo start off this is one of the few places that have karaoke, lot of people visit most of them…read moreKnow each other. It is a friendly vive with lots of pool table and clean bathroom. Women and young people will come often it is a place for everyone. There is a restaurant connected with out of the world Authentic Mexican Dishes. You can order and you can privately eat at the restaurant or just have it delivered to your pool table. There are very friendly staff and the ambiance is just great. I've gone by my self and also with groups of friends.

Came here because I was told it was nice... wrong They have…read moreold tables and they bounce. Place is small smells like urine. Not sure how old this place is but def needs new better tables. Also need to leave a credit card for a ball? Deposite better options in town don't come here wack!

Came to this bar off a Facebook event posting Ichi & Fiji Food Night. The bartender yessi told me…read moreabout the two amazing cooks that provide food for free with purchase of drinks at the bars. It's every Monday around 5:30pm and the food always changes. There is a donation for the food to help the cooks pay for the ingredients of this amazing home made food they provide to the bar customers. The soup and chicken Adobe was amazing. I am definitely coming back and bringing friends. Thank you Ichigo & Fiji for the amazing food. Coming back Monday.

Great atmosphere..... Amazing bartenders…read more... Thank you! Thanks for having Topo Chicos strawberry guava in glass bottles!!!! -a place with glass seltzer bottles

The Break Room in Berkeley is a great spot if you're looking to play some pool and hang out with…read morefriends. The vibes are relaxed, there are plenty of pool tables, great service and everything is well-maintained, no warped tables or damaged sticks, which is honestly huge. Tables are a good size, there's plenty of space even with a group, and it's easy to settle in for a while. They also have a full bar and food, which makes it a solid go to for a casual night out. Definitely a fun place to bring a few people and just enjoy the night.

Wow this is one of the best places. We were trying to find something to do after this beautiful…read moredinner date we had with friends. They're local so suggested this spot to us. We love all the activities! Not to mention the best pizza and service. I was surprised to see a full bar and DJ too! He was spinning hip hop and old school rap. We had the best time playing a few pool games. We just waited 15 minutes for a table. It was pretty packed too! The tables are new and lots of cue sticks. Gotta appreciate a place like this. Wish we had one in north bay!

I really like that you can bring in your own alcohol in there, obviously can't be acting a fool,…read morealso the table are nice, and the atmosphere is a vibe! definitely coming again!!

I have been here several times with different crowds. Each time has been a lot of fun. It is a…read moregreat vibe and very welcoming. I love that you can bring snacks and drinks. Everyone has a great time and always asks me how I found such an awesome place to hang out.

Nice house cues, great tables! Off street parking. Good music playing at a good volume. Really…read morefriendly pool room. Reasonable rates. Clean restroom. No complaints! We'll come back. They don't serve alcohol, but you can buy at the nearby market and bring it in.

Good customer service. Nice tables and setting. Sports on tv. Will definetly return to play again!read more

Cash only! Great vibe and music, very sweet bartender, food out every Thursday! They have dollar…read morepool and the cues are pretty straight

Great local spot with friendly regulars. Pool table in the back, a great place to pick up a game.read more

OMG! Was in San Francisco for a Valentine's Day getaway w my bride. I set her up w a 2 hour SPA…read moresession & needed to do something "manly" nearby. Stumbled upon the Family Billiard bar via a yelp search. Had the best time ever. Cici was the Swiss Army knife who checked me in @ issued me a table, poured a few beers for me & tripled as the cook. The food, ambiance & 10 to 12 pool tables in the joint were outstanding. I will visit Family Billiards again during a future trip to the city. Cici needs a raise. Their Shrimp & fries combo meal was "on point"!!!

Place was great to start, tables are nice & staff is friendly. It's pricey though, $24/hr for 2…read morepeople. Here's where it went wrong though: they have soup but no where does it state there's mushroom in it...which is a highly popular allergy. Besides that, place is cool and an enjoyable time

Second time here and the experience was just as good. This time we got LaLa as our server and her…read morechill vibe was perfect for this Tuesday. Our relationship was rekindled there and will be celebrated there.

We went on an early Friday evening so it wasn't too busy and we were able to place drink orders…read morequickly. The vibe was chill and once we learned how to deal with the jukebox we were good! The place was clean and had billiards. As the night went on we were there when they set up the door, who started off meh. But it was easygoing and didn't get smoky until later in the evening.

You are driving down San Pablo Avenue in Albany, not going anywhere in particular -- San Pablo is…read morethe kind of road you take when the freeway feels like too much commitment, four lanes of auto body shops and taquerias and nail salons stretching from Richmond to Oakland, the East Bay's long commercial backbone -- and somewhere around Solano Avenue you see a sign that says Club Mallard. You take your foot off the gas. Club Mallard. You need to know. The interior is dark and warm and full of dead birds. Mounted, taxidermied, presiding over the room with the glassy authority of creatures who didn't expect to end up in a bar in Albany but have made their peace with it. The effect is somewhere between hunting lodge and natural history museum after hours, and it shouldn't work on San Pablo Avenue but it does, completely, the way any sufficiently committed aesthetic decision will eventually override its context. I've been once. Midweek happy hour. This is the most honest way to evaluate a bar -- no weekend crowd to inflate the energy, no event to justify the turnout, just the place and whoever shows up on a Tuesday because they want to be there. The happy hour is good. The bartender was gregarious and present and seemed to actually like the job, which sounds like a low bar until you've spent enough time on the other side of it. The regulars were friendly in the East Bay way, which is to say they talked to us without needing anything from us, offered opinions on what to drink, and went back to their conversations. There's an outdoor space for when you want sky. I've driven past since and seen it packed. I was glad. You root for a place like Club Mallard the way you root for any small enterprise that decided to be something specific in a landscape of sameness, and then just held the line.

I've been coming here since about 2019. Not sure how I stumbled upon it, but it was with friends…read moreand it's been our go to bar ever since. It also happens to be somewhat of a meeting point when I'm in Oakland and another friend is in Berkeley. When I was in downtown Oakland it was only 14 minutes away. What a time. I like this bar because the drinks are good, it's affordable, all ages come here and the vibe is nice. There is a pool table downstairs and about two or three upstairs along with a mini bar. The fire place is currently keeping the bar cozy downstairs. So, I've liked Cosmopolitans for some time now and Mallard's has a Mandarin Cosmo. It is so good - it reminds me of an Orange Hi-C.

I really hope this place doesn't close. One of the few places around here that you can play pool…read moreand play darts. Parking lot can get busy depending on when you're there. They have blacked out windows which could freak out some people, but there's nothing to freak out about. Staff is nice and customers tend to keep to themselves. I love seeing how there seem to be a good number of regulars because people seem to know each other there. Front desk is at the very back next to the bar and restrooms. They have a bar so you can eat and drink while playing pool. Each time we've gone lately, we haven't had to wait too long for a table. We've gone on off peak times and it was great. Service is great. Nachos are gigantic for just us two, but we made a good dent in it. They definitely hit the spot. We'll definitely be back.

This is a great billiards spot. The bar can't make a michelada. The staff was not friendly. It…read morecould be dudes being dudes. I will be back just a bit disappointed today. Forget the bar just shoot! Pool. Just BYOB here and it's way better!